Blue Envy - About

ABOUT THE BAND

BIO:

Blue Envy formed in the summer of 2017, after the teenage band members were inspired by the rockers of yesterday to form their own group. The band often got together after school to play songs by their favorite artists together, including Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and the Who. The group’s guitarist and vocalist, Andrew Young, used his bright guitar tone and gritty voice to help define the sound of the band. After graduating high school in 2018, the band focused on cultivating it’s sound and worked to include more progressive ideas into its arrangements.

Blue Envy Live at Three Heads Brewing Co.

Bassist Nick Lenhard and percussionist Stephen Coleman worked hard to form a solid rhythm section that focuses on groove and feel. Lenhard also sought to add keyboards to diversify the band’s sound. The band channels it's influences to create a raw hard rock and blues based sound that inches toward progressive horizons, combining searing guitar solos and gritty synthesizer leads with ease. Throughout 2019, Blue Envy played anywhere and everywhere that would have them, while they continued to work to improve their sound. Blue Envy has had successful performances in Rochester at Three Heads Brewing, B Side, The Bug Jar, Abilene Bar and Lounge, and the legendary House of Guitars. By the end of 2019 they had begun building a following and started recording their first EP. In 2020 the band released Shipwreck, which does a great job of showcasing the fusion of influences that help make up the band’s signature sound.

Listen to Shipwreck Here

During 2021, the band continued performing around upstate NY and writing new material, while all three members pursued college degrees in the Rochester area. Eventually they would record and release the single, Dying Star, which features a solo by Abram Collier on baritone sax. As heard on the recording, the band started to become increasingly experimental while still retaining their focus on feel. While having unlimited access to the Nazareth College recording studio, the band started recording their latest EP, Hand That Feeds, which they would continue working on until its release on 2/22/22. This EP represented a new level of passion and experimentation that the band had not reached before, with more keyboards, percussion and interesting production techniques.

LIsten to Dying Star Here